Former ECI Correctional Officer Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

BALTIMORE- A judge in Baltimore has sentenced a former correctional officer to six years in a federal prison, following charges of drug smuggling at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County.

The Department of Justice says Jessica Vennie was convicted of racketeering in a scheme where correctional officers were allegedly bribed to smuggle in contraband. Prosecutors say Vennie smuggled in narcotics and used a cell phone to communicate with inmates about what they wanted to have smuggled in and to arrange meetings with outside facilitators. According to prosecutors, the "going rate" to have a CO smuggle in contraband was roughly $500 per package.

Prosecutors say once Vennie and other correctional officers smuggled in contraband, they would deliver it to inmates who would distribute it throughout the prison. Authorities say Vennie is one of the 77 defendants convicted in the smuggling scheme, and the last of the sixteen correctional officers to be sentenced.

The Department of Justice states that after her six-year prison sentence, Vennie will have three years of supervised release. Vennie was sentenced on Friday, after being found guilty in July.

For more on the indictment that led up to this sentencing, click here.

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House Bill 612 aims to place AR-15 HBAR rifles as a "regulated firearm." If passed by the house, the law would only grandfather in rifles purchased after October 1, 2013. Those purchased after 2013 would have to be returned.

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House Bill 612 aims to place AR-15 HBAR rifles as a "regulated firearm." If passed by the house, the law would only grandfather in rifles purchased after October 1, 2013. Those purchased after 2013 would have to be returned.

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After the original story aired, WBOC received an email from one of the previous owners of Wroten Island. After meeting with that man, Philip Inglehart and longtime friend, Michael Keyser the mystery unfolded on camera.

The mysterious plane crash on Wroten Island that WBOC reported back in November of 2018 is now being told publicly for the first time in 65 years.

After the original story aired, WBOC received an email from one of the previous owners of Wroten Island. After meeting with that man, Philip Inglehart and longtime friend, Michael Keyser the mystery unfolded on camera.